The fifth meet of the Paper Hunt Club took place on Saturday afternoon, and will be remembered as one of the best runs of the season, The line of country selected by the foxes was one which is not know: to the majority of cross country riders and some of it must have been on the borders, if not out of the neutral radius and judging from the way in which the inhabit ants of the villages fled at the approach of the wily paper-hunters, it would not seem that they have not been often blessed with the view of a party of these gentlemen, scouring over their Gelds. After 'a few hunts have taken place there is, of course, a lot of paper about the country, and it is very difficult to lay a hunt close about home without running over old scont, which is apt to mara hunt; therefore new ground has to be sought, and the selection on Saturday was very good. It was thought by some, that having the start and finish so far from the settlement was rather a drawback; but we are of opinion from a spectator's point of view, that it matters little where the start is so long as the finish is a good one, and on Saturday nothing better in this respect could be desired. Although the hunt was rather a long one there were no checks, We have no doubt that the foxes intended that there should be some, but when the paper was not there the hunt ran on the The meet was in the country at the back of the Hoongjow village, and there was the smallest field of this season and very few spectators, In the absence of the master, Mr.
albert again started the hunt. The country being 80 unfrequented we cannot describe the route by the names of familiar jumps ete.; it was almost a semicircular ran from Hoongjow to Jessfield. It was all on high ground and the jumping was very yood the most dificult jamp in the hunt was only taken flying by Mr. Carlill on Gem, and the field was weeded down to about a dozen by the time this was passed. On arriving at the big Stone Bridge over the Tidal Creek near Jessfield by common consent a halt was made until every one was over the bridge; the run in was round by St. John's, over some big water jumps, on to the road near the second bridge un the Jessfield Road between which and the first bridge was the finish, on the west side of the road.
Mr. Ogle on Skiddaw who led the hunt for the most part of the way was first over the final jump, but was disqualified: Mr. Malherbe on Bec Sale who came in next won, Mr. Carlill second on Gem, Mr. Brandt third, Dr, MacLeod fourth, Mr, Essex on Kroumir fifth, Mr, Fearon on Earl Hereward sixth. Messrs, Arbuthnot on Kara-carum, Letehford on Wild Gust, and Ibert on Peregrine were well up. Messrs. Wintle and Fabris, the winners of the last hunt, Inid the paper.
The weather was fine and the country in splendid going order.
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